[mythtv-users] OT: White shadow

[Nemo Inis]

On Mar 15, 2007, at 11:15 AM, White Joe wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Yan Seiner
>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:01 PM
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] OT: White shadow
>>
>> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>> White Joe wrote:
>>>
>>>> I shifted my main myth box to an ASUS M2NPV-VM a few
>> months back.  Its
>>>> hooked up to my 31" tub TV and works really well.  Except for this
>>>> shadow that appears whenever a pure white (FFFFFF?) object
>> appears on
>>>> the screen.  It's a white shadow, a lttle darker than the
>> object.  I am
>>>> having trouble figuring out how to name it, so that I can
>> even search
>>>> for the issue.  "White Shadow" only gives me basket ball
>> references.
>>>>
>>
>> Does it appear only on broadcast sources?  A particular channel?
>>
>> I have a similar problem with red objects - Big Red Dog on
>> PBS channel
>> 28 has a pink border.  So does the Canon logo on Nature
>> broadcasts.  It
>> drove me nuts! until I figured out that it's being
>> transmitted that way;
>> or at least it appears that way on all TVs tuned to that channel.....
>>
>> Also, if it's an analog TV, try a different cable. Maybe it's
>> some sort
>> of weird ghosting due to reflections in the cable?
>>
>> --Yan
>> _______________________________________________
>> mythtv-users mailing list
>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>
> It appears everywhere.  From the shadows inside the white text boxes on
> the Fedora login screen to the white clouds in the sky on Battlestar:
> Galactica.  It's the cable I used with my previous motherboard, but 
> that
> could still be it.  I'll get a new one tonight.
>

It could be that your TV set is blooming (see the definition of 
blooming at <http://www.videoessentials.com/glossary.php#B> )
Try turning the contrast down and see if it makes a difference.  You 
could also calibrate your set (the VideoEssentials or Avia DVDs are 
good for that).